A commentary on my technical exploits

Monthly Archives: December 2013

It has been about a month since I have posted, that does not mean I have stopped coding. Lately I’ve been back on my “security” kick. Although for me it’s more of an obsession rather than just a kick. When it comes to security, a programming language like Python can make many common task a breeze to accomplish. Here I have a basic Linux password cracker that can crack the current SHA-512 shadowed hashes from a user supplied dictionary and detect whether a hash is the lesser used MD5 or SHA-256 format. Enjoy.